¹Filistejci pa so se bojevali z Izraelom, in Izrael je zbežal pred Filistejci, in so padali pobiti na gorovju Gilboi.

¹And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,

²In Filistejci so bili trdo za petami Savlu in sinovom njegovim, in pobili so Jonatana in Abinadaba in Malhisua, sinove Savlove.

²and the Philistines follow Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul.

³In bitka je hudo pritiskala na Savla, in lokostrelci so ga dohiteli, in v strahu je trepetal pred strelci.

³And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him — men with bow — and he is pained greatly by the archers;

⁴Tedaj reče Savel svojemu oprodi: Izderi meč svoj in me prebodi, da ne pridejo ti neobrezanci in me ne prebodejo ter si smeh napravijo z menoj. Ali njegov oproda ni hotel, ker se je silno bal. Zato vzame Savel meč svoj in se nasadi nanj.

⁴and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come — these uncircumcised — and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;` and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it.

⁵Ko pa vidi njegov oproda, da je Savel mrtev, nasadi se tudi on na svoj meč in umre ž njim.

⁵And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul [is] dead, and he falleth — he also — on his sword, and dieth with him;

⁶Tako je umrl Savel in trije sinovi njegovi in oproda njegov in možje njegovi, vsi skupaj tisti dan.

⁶and Saul dieth, and three of his sons, and the bearer of his weapons, also all his men, on that day together.

⁷Ko pa vidijo možje Izraelovi, ki so bili onostran doline in ki so bili za Jordanom, da bežé možje Izraelovi ter da so Savel in sinovi njegovi mrtvi, zapuste mesta svoja, pa pobegnejo. In Filistejci pridejo in se nastanijo po njih.

⁷And they see — the men of Israel, who [are] beyond the valley, and who [are] beyond the Jordan — that the men of Israel have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake the cities and flee, and Philistines come in, and dwell in them.

⁸In drugi dan pridejo Filistejci, da slečejo pobite, in najdejo Savla in tri sinove njegove, ležeče na gorovju Gilboi.

⁸And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa,

⁹In mu odsekajo glavo in snamejo z njega orožje njegovo, in pošljejo po deželi Filistejcev naokrog, da se ta vesela vest oznani v hiši njih malikov in med ljudstvom.

⁹and they cut off his head, and strip off his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim tidings [in] the house of their idols, and [among] the people;

¹⁰In orožje njegovo razpolože v hiši Astartini, truplo njegovo pa obesijo na zid v Betsanu.

¹⁰and they place his weapons [in] the house of Ashtaroth, and his body they have fixed on the wall of Beth-Shan.

¹¹Ko pa slišijo prebivalci v Jabesu v Gileadu, kaj so storili Filistejci Savlu,

¹¹And they hear regarding it — the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead — that which the Philistines have done to Saul,

¹²se vzdignejo, kar jih je bilo vojščakov, in gredo vso noč in snamejo truplo Savlovo in trupla sinov njegovih z zida v Betsanu, ter jih prineso v Jabes in jih ondi sežgo.In vzamejo njih kosti in jih pokopljejo pod tamarisko v Jabesu in se postijo sedem dni.

¹²and all the men of valour arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come in to Jabesh, and burn them there,

¹³In vzamejo njih kosti in jih pokopljejo pod tamarisko v Jabesu in se postijo sedem dni.

¹³and they take their bones, and bury [them] under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.